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Welcome to spring
My calendar says today’s the first day of spring. I can’t remember if that means spring actually started late last night, or if it doesn’t start until midnight tonight. I can never get that straight. […]
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Wind is good for more than being annoying
It’s easy to cuss the wind. It blows drifts across your driveway, it makes an already cold day feel a whole lot colder, and it even rips the shingles off your roof. But whether this […]
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Here comes March — hold onto your hat
It’s almost March, and that’s got me worried. We’ve had plenty of wind already this year, and March tends to be the windiest month of all. If what we’ve experienced so far is any indication, […]
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Despite its annoying qualities, wind is good
I can think of a lot of things I’d like better than a 45 mph wind. Like a root canal with no anesthetic. Or a dinner of nothing but Brussels sprouts and chick peas. Yuck. […]
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Yes, I am a wimp when it comes to wind
For a guy who was born in Wyoming and has spent pretty close to his whole life here, I’m a big wimp when it comes to wind. I can take it for reasonably extended periods […]
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I need the wind to quit for an hour or so
I got a new Weatherby rifle with my life membership in the Muley Fanatic Foundation. I topped that Wyoming-made rifle with a Wyoming-designed scope – a Maven RS.1. I’ve spent the last several months collecting […]
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Weather’s not letting me break in new range
We had some marvelous weather over the weekend. Sunny and warm, with only a hint of a breeze. On top of that, it has been pretty wet lately, so the ground was nice and soft. […]
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Wind ruins a lot of outdoor plans
I woke up Sunday to the not-so-soothing sounds of the wind whistling around the house at what sounded like 100 miles an hour. I know it wasn’t blowing that hard, but it sure seemed like […]
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Add a little wind to make trap shooting even harder
I know I’m out of practice with my shotgun, but it usually doesn’t take me too long to get back in the swing of things. With that in mind, I hauled the shotgun out to […]
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March is always ‘In Like a Lion, Out Like a Poltergeist’
Wind. It’s a constant this time of year. School children in most of the rest of the Northern hemisphere are taught that March comes in like a lion, but goes out like a lamb. That […]